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Soybean production in South Africa

Soybean production in South Africa was 1,848,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 33.3% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 108 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes1,848,000
Change on 2023-33.3%
Rank12th of 108Countries ranked
Series high2,770,0002023
Series low2,0001972

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Soybean production in South Africa, 1961 to 2024

01M2M3M19611971198119912001201120241961: 2,631 tonnes1962: 2,631 tonnes1963: 2,359 tonnes1964: 3,000 tonnes1965: 3,000 tonnes1966: 2,800 tonnes1967: 4,500 tonnes1968: 4,100 tonnes1969: 7,300 tonnes1970: 7,700 tonnes1971: 2,900 tonnes1972: 2,000 tonnes1973: 4,600 tonnes1974: 21,400 tonnes1975: 22,700 tonnes1976: 17,900 tonnes1977: 29,700 tonnes1978: 40,100 tonnes1979: 26,400 tonnes1980: 39,900 tonnes1981: 27,600 tonnes1982: 21,448 tonnes1983: 28,700 tonnes1984: 38,900 tonnes1985: 39,900 tonnes1986: 37,900 tonnes1987: 34,900 tonnes1988: 65,300 tonnes1989: 78,600 tonnes1990: 118,200 tonnes1991: 126,000 tonnes1992: 62,900 tonnes1993: 68,600 tonnes1994: 63,100 tonnes1995: 58,200 tonnes1996: 80,000 tonnes1997: 98,000 tonnes1998: 215,000 tonnes1999: 199,000 tonnes2000: 153,925 tonnes2001: 226,210 tonnes2002: 223,000 tonnes2003: 136,520 tonnes2004: 220,000 tonnes2005: 272,500 tonnes2006: 424,000 tonnes2007: 205,000 tonnes2008: 282,000 tonnes2009: 516,000 tonnes2010: 566,000 tonnes2011: 710,000 tonnes2012: 650,000 tonnes2013: 784,500 tonnes2014: 948,000 tonnes2015: 1,070,000 tonnes2016: 742,000 tonnes2017: 1,316,000 tonnes2018: 1,540,000 tonnes2019: 1,170,345 tonnes2020: 1,245,500 tonnes2021: 1,897,000 tonnes2022: 2,230,000 tonnes2023: 2,770,000 tonnes2024: 1,848,000 tonnes01M2M3M19611983200520241961: 2,631 tonnes1962: 2,631 tonnes1963: 2,359 tonnes1964: 3,000 tonnes1965: 3,000 tonnes1966: 2,800 tonnes1967: 4,500 tonnes1968: 4,100 tonnes1969: 7,300 tonnes1970: 7,700 tonnes1971: 2,900 tonnes1972: 2,000 tonnes1973: 4,600 tonnes1974: 21,400 tonnes1975: 22,700 tonnes1976: 17,900 tonnes1977: 29,700 tonnes1978: 40,100 tonnes1979: 26,400 tonnes1980: 39,900 tonnes1981: 27,600 tonnes1982: 21,448 tonnes1983: 28,700 tonnes1984: 38,900 tonnes1985: 39,900 tonnes1986: 37,900 tonnes1987: 34,900 tonnes1988: 65,300 tonnes1989: 78,600 tonnes1990: 118,200 tonnes1991: 126,000 tonnes1992: 62,900 tonnes1993: 68,600 tonnes1994: 63,100 tonnes1995: 58,200 tonnes1996: 80,000 tonnes1997: 98,000 tonnes1998: 215,000 tonnes1999: 199,000 tonnes2000: 153,925 tonnes2001: 226,210 tonnes2002: 223,000 tonnes2003: 136,520 tonnes2004: 220,000 tonnes2005: 272,500 tonnes2006: 424,000 tonnes2007: 205,000 tonnes2008: 282,000 tonnes2009: 516,000 tonnes2010: 566,000 tonnes2011: 710,000 tonnes2012: 650,000 tonnes2013: 784,500 tonnes2014: 948,000 tonnes2015: 1,070,000 tonnes2016: 742,000 tonnes2017: 1,316,000 tonnes2018: 1,540,000 tonnes2019: 1,170,345 tonnes2020: 1,245,500 tonnes2021: 1,897,000 tonnes2022: 2,230,000 tonnes2023: 2,770,000 tonnes2024: 1,848,000 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
20241,848,000
20232,770,000
20222,230,000
20211,897,000
20201,245,500
20191,170,345
20181,540,000
20171,316,000
2016742,000
20151,070,000
2014948,000
2013784,500
2012650,000
2011710,000
2010566,000
2009516,000
2008282,000
2007205,000
2006424,000
2005272,500
2004220,000
2003136,520
2002223,000
2001226,210
2000153,925
1999199,000
1998215,000
199798,000
199680,000
199558,200
199463,100
199368,600
199262,900
1991126,000
1990118,200
198978,600
198865,300
198734,900
198637,900
198539,900
198438,900
198328,700
198221,448
198127,600
198039,900
197926,400
197840,100
197729,700
197617,900
197522,700
197421,400
19734,600
19722,000
19712,900
19707,700
19697,300
19684,100
19674,500
19662,800
19653,000
19643,000
19632,359
19622,631
19612,631

South Africa compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 7,305 tonnesAlbania: 813 tonnesAngola: 46,857 tonnesArgentina: 48,213,207 tonnesAustria: 249,130 tonnesAustralia: 65,300 tonnesAzerbaijan: 30 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 31,579 tonnesBangladesh: 106,833 tonnesBurkina Faso: 138,052 tonnesBulgaria: 630 tonnesBurundi: 2,165 tonnesBenin: 652,454 tonnesBolivia: 3,216,440 tonnesBrazil: 144,473,768 tonnesBhutan: 80 tonnesBelize: 26,404 tonnesCanada: 7,568,013 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 28,401 tonnesSwitzerland: 7,479 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 572 tonnesCameroon: 116,690 tonnesChina: 20,650,000 tonnesColombia: 235,454 tonnesCuba: 1,000 tonnesCyprus: 0 tonnesCzechia: 73,670 tonnesGermany: 131,800 tonnesDenmark: 0 tonnesEcuador: 24,711 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 75,000 tonnesSpain: 10,940 tonnesEthiopia: 240,000 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFrance: 398,540 tonnesGabon: 4,015 tonnesGeorgia: 2,000 tonnesGhana: 270,000 tonnesGreece: 2,490 tonnesGuatemala: 45,000 tonnesHonduras: 2,193 tonnesCroatia: 255,080 tonnesHungary: 258,890 tonnesIndonesia: 227,367 tonnesIndia: 15,132,082 tonnesIraq: 34 tonnesIran: 200,000 tonnesItaly: 1,125,580 tonnesJapan: 252,400 tonnesKenya: 17,417 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 2,549 tonnesCambodia: 51,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 180,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 154,954 tonnesKazakhstan: 207,503 tonnesLaos: 7,879 tonnesSri Lanka: 6,196 tonnesLiberia: 3,426 tonnesLithuania: 2,040 tonnesLuxembourg: 50 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesMorocco: 1,000 tonnesMoldova: 31,555 tonnesMadagascar: 48 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 55 tonnesMali: 22,814 tonnesMyanmar: 140,000 tonnesMalawi: 305,000 tonnesMexico: 265,333 tonnesMozambique: 70,000 tonnesNigeria: 1,150,000 tonnesNepal: 28,520 tonnesPanama: 96 tonnesPeru: 2,230 tonnesFrench Polynesia: 11 tonnesPhilippines: 506 tonnesPakistan: 3 tonnesPoland: 80,960 tonnesParaguay: 11,100,256 tonnesRomania: 316,760 tonnesSerbia: 346,808 tonnesRussia: 7,000,000 tonnesRwanda: 36,705 tonnesSlovenia: 11,640 tonnesSlovakia: 152,740 tonnesSierra Leone: 7,485 tonnesSuriname: 2 tonnesEl Salvador: 5,380 tonnesSyria: 3,610 tonnesTogo: 284,342 tonnesThailand: 16,347 tonnesTajikistan: 21 tonnesTimor-Leste: 861 tonnesTürkiye: 180,000 tonnesTaiwan: 5,000 tonnesTanzania: 42,738 tonnesUkraine: 6,635,180 tonnesUganda: 155,000 tonnesUnited States: 118,836,440 tonnesUruguay: 3,065,000 tonnesUzbekistan: 12,606 tonnesVenezuela: 11,057 tonnesVietnam: 46,127 tonnesSouth Africa: 1,848,000 tonnesZambia: 169,700 tonnesZimbabwe: 69,291 tonnes
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Soybean production, 2024, tonnes. South Africa is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Quantity of soybeans harvested dry produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510) (Soybean production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Soybean production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/south-africa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Soybean production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/south-africa.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510), Soybean production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/soybean-production/south-africa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the soybean production in South Africa?

Soybean production in South Africa was 1,848,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 33.3% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 108 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Soya beans, production, t (item 236, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest soybean production in South Africa?

2,770,000 tonnes in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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